"After all, that's the Emperor's teacher."
"He watched as Emperor Qinshihuang toured the realm, and uttered the very words he would have said in the Records of the Grand Historian: 'A true man should be like this.'"
He aspired to great heights, his mind encompasses the world.
"At this moment, his heart is complete and has never been in distress."
This object can be bound.
The system will remind the owner automatically when the time is ripe.
"Okay, that's fine."
Zhao Ping'an stared at his phone, pondering:
"Xiang Yu? Will my relationship with Xiang Yu end up being similar to that of Li Si?"
"Now this game seems to be acknowledging the official history, and characters in the official history that are categorized as 'Nan Ji' are special emperors with identities."
What is Xiang Yu's status?
"Never mind, let's just keep playing."
Zhao Ping'an looks at his phone.
History continues to unfold:
Meanwhile, Emperor Qin Shi Huang continues to strengthen his autocratic rule measures.
"Lu Shen was a sorcerer, and under the command of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, he was sent to explore overseas for immortality pills."
"Lu Shen brought back a book called 'Lù Shū Shū', claiming it to be an omen book and declaring that he had received the true teachings of the Three Immortals."
"Under the influence of the sorcerer Lu Shen, Emperor Qin Shi Huang melted metals and alchemized elixirs in pursuit of immortality."
"However, Lu Shen secretly discussed with Hou Shen behind the scenes, 'Do not make this batch of elixirs too realistic.'"
'The Emperor is now in a hurry to seek immortality, which suggests he also feels his time is running out.'
"In essence, it's just that the Emperor has come to believe in the idea of immortality."
"The Emperor's fortune has been too good this lifetime. He inherited the legacy of the previous Qin King and successfully unified the Six States, and also successfully implemented the county and district system, with uniform scripts and uniform transportation."
"He has been too smooth in this life, always feeling that anything he wants to do can be accomplished as long as he desires it, unaware that human power has its limits."
"Immortality, hahaha, if I were really able to concoct the elixir of immortality, would it still be his Ying Zheng who gets it?"
Zhao Ping'an: ?
"No surprise it's you..."
"Right on the nail with all of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's triggers, that's truly awesome..."
"He faintly remembers that in the original world line, there are historical records of Lu Shen's comments on Emperor Qin Shi Huang that are even more over-the-top."
"Both of them were originally from the nobility of the Six States, whispering in the background, but they heard voices from a palace eunuch behind the furnace."
"The two were startled, calling out 'Don't go!' but it was too late."
"The eunuch heard the noise and quickly went to report the Emperor."
"The eunuch was Zhao Gao, who received the Emperor's order to oversee the alchemy and was shocked to hear something incomprehensible."
"The Emperor was extremely angry and ordered people to hunt him down."
"Unable to bear it, he wanted to kill all 300 alchemy scholars."
"Burn the scriptures and bury the scholars? Has it already arrived?"
Zhao Ping'an looked at his phone, "Can I manifest myself at this moment?"
"Can"
"However, please keep calm, Your Excellency."
"After the first manifestation, each subsequent manifestation by the master is a consumption of the master's fortune."
"With the master's current accumulated fortune, the manifestation this time can only leave a mark for about 7 minutes."
"If it exceeds the time limit, it may lead to extremely serious consequences!"
"Please choose the time node, Your Excellency."
"If you choose to manifest at this very moment and intervene, the consequences may be that the Emperor listens to you, but he still remains unchanged."
"If you choose to manifest on a special day, then perhaps you could stop Emperor Qin Shi Huang from committing even greater atrocities."
The classic trolley problem.
How should one choose between the death of two wrongdoers and the death of a million innocent people?
You appear now and may save a batch of people, but it will lead to more people suffering, do you choose?
However, this dilemma is not useful for Zhao Ping'an.
In fact, the burning of books and burying of scholars in history are two separate events: the first was the killing of scholars in BC213, and the second was the burning of books in BC212.
Burning books intensified ideological control, but burying scholars did not.
The issue has a gap in magnitude when faced with the number scale:
If it's just a child who accidentally enters an unplayable track and is in danger of being hit by a train, it is a worth considering problem.
But the problem lies in...
But the issue is that these three hundred scholars are not all that good people either.
The term "scholar" during that time was used to describe all people who read books, regardless of their actual profession or moral character.
These scholars, in reality, were some sort of sorcerers who pretended to be knowledgeable about divination and alchemy.
Each year, the cost of alchemy was enormous, and privately, they were believed to have accepted a considerable amount of silver.
In this agricultural society, the resources used for alchemy are incredibly precious!
The saying goes that dogs fight each other, and it doesn't matter who wins.
If Zhao Ping'an had countless opportunities, for example, the ability to simultaneously prevent the burning of books and burying of scholars and the construction of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum, among other things, then fine, I will save them all.
However, the situation you described cannot be compared to the lives of ordinary people in the later period.
"Regardless!"
Zhao Ping'an waved his hand grandly, and the game continued.
"You chose not to interfere, and Emperor Qin Shi Huang burned books and buried scholars, exacerbating ideological control."
"After burying scholars, Emperor Qin Shi Huang continued his tour of the world."
"His sense of insecurity continued to grow. He gathered the entire army of the world in Xianyang and cast twelve golden statues from them, in an attempt to weaken the people of the world."
"In BC211, Li Si felt a strong sense of unease."
"Li Si was already in his late seventies this year."
"He doesn't have much time left, but he has been practicing the Zhao Men martial arts and keeping his body in excellent condition all these years."
"He felt a strong sense of unease."
"He wasn't a fool. He had seen the end of the Qin Dynasty and its future."
"He knew that the Qin Dynasty was now in a difficult situation."
"He wanted to change, and he had repeatedly submitted memorials to the Emperor Qin Shi Huang, but they were all in vain."
"At this moment, he had formally completed the transfer of power and become the Minister of Justice."
"He looked at the magnificent, opulent Epang Palace as it was nearing completion, and amidst the starlit sky, he suddenly remembered the words you had said to him at that time."
"He remembered you."
"In BC211, he knew that he might not have another opportunity to communicate with you in this life."
"He thought for a moment and still called out the board."
"He wasn't sure if you were still alive, but he wanted to ask and see for himself."
"Sir, are you there?"
"It's Li Si."
Zhao Ping'an looked at the phone screen, "Li Si is already seventy years old..."
He glanced at the calendar on the wall and realized that it had only been five days since then.
Five days, and Li Si is already seventy years old.
"Time really does go fast."
"I am here."
"Is there a problem?"
"This might be our last conversation."
"Have no worries, I will tell you anything and everything you want to know."
Li Si smiled as he looked at the wooden board in front of him, his eyes flashing with a sense of familiarity.
He knew that there was no royal hospital in the Qin Dynasty, and that a person couldn't possibly live that long.
The identity of the Zhao Zisu is becoming increasingly clear.
"I thought that I have had enough bad luck in my lifetime, having done so many wrong things and having met so many wrong people."
"But I never thought that the greatest fortune in my life, which appeared when I left Chu land, was going to change everything."
